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1492
Christopher Columbus discovers America
.Columbus completed four round-trip voyages between Spain and the Americas, each voyage being sponsored by the Crown of Castile.
.On his first voyage, he independently discovered the Americas and magnetic declination. -
The Revolutionary War Begins
. Began with the battle of Lexington and Concord
. France,Spain, and the Dutch sided with us
. King George ||| waged a war of attrition -
*The Declaration of Independence
*Formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson
*Declared the freedom of the 13 colonies from Great Britain
*It contains the ideals and goals of our nation
*It contains the complaints of the colonists against the British king and the arguments the colonists used to explain why they wanted to be free of British rule -
Treaty of Paris
.Ended the American Revolution War
.Total of casualties 97,000 and 50,000 were Americans
.The British acknowledged the independence of the U.S
. U.S boundaries were established -
U.S Constitution ratified
. The first 10 amendments are the Bill of Rights
. Supreme law of the US
. Established the rules and separate powers of the 3 branches of government -
*Louisiana Purchase
*A land purchase made by US president Thomas Jefferson
*Jefferson approved the deal and used his constitutional power to sign treaties to buy the land
*Napoleon Bonaparte sold the land because he needed money for the Great French War -
*Monroe Doctrine
*The doctrine was a strong message to European nations to keep out of the US and that any attempts at the colonization or interference with American affairs would be viewed as an act of aggression -
*The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
*The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles of to the US territory
*The treaty ended the US-Mexican War
*Beyond territorial gains and losses the treaty has been important on shaping the international histories of the US and Mexico. -
*Dred Scott decision
Dred Scott who had resided in a free state and territory was not thereby entitled to his freedom; that African Americans were not and could never be citizens of the United States; and that the Missouri Compromise which had declared free all territories west of Missouri and north was unconstitutional. The decision added fuel to the sectional controversy and pushed the country closer to civil war. -
*Battle of Gettysburg
nd around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point -
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
. Was the first device that was used to communicate over long distance
.Started off as an improvement on the telegram that would allow multiple messages to be sent.
. Quickly eliminated the telegraph -
Thomas Edison invents the light bulb
. Before Thomas Edison’s electric light came out in 1879, people used to sleep for 10 hours every night.
. In the ensuing 100 years, people have gradually reduce the amount of time and they sleep by 20% -
*World War 1
*World War I was a major conflict fought between 1914 and 1918.
*World War I was fought between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers.
*The main members of the Allied Powers were France, Russia, and Britain. -
*Sinking of the Lusitania
*The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom which had implemented a naval blockade of Germany.
*The ship was identified and torpedoed by the German U-boat U-20 and sank in 18 minutes. -
*Stock market crash
*The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Stock Market Crash of 1929 or the Great Crash, was a major stock market crash that occurred in late October 1929.
*It started on October 24 and continued until October 29, 1929, when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapsed. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
. It was a surprise attack plan by Japan on U.S
.They destroyed many ships and killed many soldiers
.What is considered an act of war, and force the U.S into World War II -
Attack bombs are dropped on Japan
. Two nuclear bombs were dropped, one called Hiroshima and another called Nagasaki
. That explosion wiped out 90% of the city and everybody we killed 80,000 people
. Shortly after Japan finally admitted defeat -
The Vietnam war begins
. The US got involved due to containment to stop spreading of communism
. Turned out to be one of the coldest war in terms of life’s laws and resources spent
.The Vietnam war went on for 19 years -
Apollo 11 land on the moon
. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon becoming first man in history to do so
. “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” was heard by 500 million people
. Ended the space race with a victory for the US -
*9/11 attack
*19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States
*Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in NYC
*A third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C.
*A fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania
*Almost 3,000 people were killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks,
